With the UFC signing the last of the world’s top heavyweights, former Strikeforce, DREAM, and K-1 champion Alistair ‘The Reem’ Overeem (35-11, 1NC) is set to make his Octagon debut on December 30 in Las Vegas.
Overeem is set to make that debut against former champ, Brock Lesnar, who ‘The Reem’ feels is “one of those dream matchups.”
The Dutch fighter talks to UFC.com about signing with the top promotion as well as his upcoming debut.
“I think this is big news and a big development,” he told UFC.com. “It’s one of those dream matchups – you have two big guys, one of them specializes in wrestling, one specializes in striking, and everybody wants to see it. There was a lot spoken about this dream matchup in the past, but it couldn’t materialize because I wasn’t in the UFC, but now that I am, anything is possible. I already received a lot of emails and messages from people who congratulated me; they’re happy I joined, and they’ve very happy with this matchup.”
“I think I have a lot of great matchups,” he said. “I think any one of these guys is willing to fight and not evade the fight, but truly fight and show their best, so I think that ultimately the winners will be the fans. They’re gonna see some great matchups with me in the future and I’m excited about that.”
“He’s a very strong, very dangerous, and very explosive heavyweight,” said Overeem of Lesnar. “I think he’s kind of unique in the way he operates and fights, and there are some weaknesses in his game, but I think everybody has weaknesses. Overall, I see him as a very dangerous heavyweight.”